Author: Schack, William
Title: And He Sat Among the Ashes: A Biography of Louis M. Eilshemius
Description: New York, American Artists Group, 1939. Hardcover. Green cloth/boards; gilt lettering and trim. xv, 303 pp. 56 bw repros. A well-written biography of this fantastical artist. Contents as follows: Fame in a wheelchair -- Kearny to Paris -- Wanderer, with muses -- "Helpless in the world" -- Escape and return -- Foothills of parnassus -- Escape without a passport -- American contemporaries -- To the end of the rope -- Letters to the editor -- Fame comes: festina lente -- A portrait of the artist as an old man. VG- clean and tight but with light general shelf wear to covers. A fair amount of fading to the spine. Plate on front pasted end page.

Keywords: American Artists; Louis M. Eilshemius ; Eilshemius, Louis M. ; ;


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